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"Death to" in Persian is just the opposite of "long live", and it means "down with". Annoyed taxi drivers for example say "death to traffic" [1]

The American romcom "Down with love" is translated in Persian as "Death to love" [2]

[1] https://blog.ricksteves.com/blog/death-to-israel-death-to-tr...

[2] https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B...




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